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5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Delf \Delf\, n. [AS. delf a delving, digging. See {Delve}.] A mine; a quarry; a pit dug; a ditch. [Written also {delft}, and {delve}.] [Obs.] The delfts would be so flown with waters, that no gins or machines could . . . keep them dry. --Ray. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Delve \Delve\, n. [See {Delve}, v. t., and cf {Delf} a mine.] A place dug; a pit; a ditch; a den; a cave. Which to that shady delve him brought at last --Spenser. The very tigers from their delves Look out --Moore. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Delve \Delve\v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Delved}; p. pr & vb n. {Delving}.] [AS. delfan to dig; akin to OS bidelban to bury, D. delven to dig, MHG. telben, and possibly to E. dale. Cf {Delf} a mine.] 1. To dig; to open (the ground) as with a spade. Delve of convenient depth your thrashing floor. --Dryden. 2. To dig into to penetrate; to trace out to fathom. I can not delve him to the root. --Shak. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Delve \Delve\, v. i. To dig or labor with a spade, or as with a spade; to labor as a drudge. Delve may I not: I shame to beg. --Wyclif (Luke xvi. 3). From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: delve v : turn up loosen, or remove earth; "Dig we must" [syn: {dig}, {cut into}, {turn over}]
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